I'm considering buying a used 2014 or 2015 CX-5 in the Touring or Grand Touring AWD trim level.
Are there any known rust issues with these? Places I should pay extra attention to during the inspection?
Read this thread and you'll be the judge:I'm considering buying a used 2014 or 2015 CX-5 in the Touring or Grand Touring AWD trim level.
Are there any known rust issues with these? Places I should pay extra attention to during the inspection?
Just spent 3 hours under my 3 year old CX-5. Did AT, Engine and 2x TC oil changes.
Rust level in various spots on 36 month car was tad too much. Mark this post, but in 4 season weather I don't see this version last 10 years.
If this is CA/FL type of no salt climate - all should be fine, but winter states beware.
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Here is the underside of my car after 4 winters.
Rust like that after a few years even with heavy use of salt I believe is unacceptable with today's coatings and materials to look worse than a car that is 13 years old is not acceptable. How can Mazda get away with this? I love how this car drives and looks but also want one that will last. Also very happy with fuel economy so far getting around 30.5MPG on my 100 mile round trip commute.
2005 toyota matrix/pontiac vibe - 225K miles driving 100 miles a day
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2014 CX-5 (seen 2 winters) -28K miles
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The roofline in the front, and the hood, are the only 2 places I've had to deal with rust on my 2015. I have owned the car only in the Ozarks region. Not coastal. The paint is thin, and it will rust if chipped. That's most Japanese cars though, and I even had a Chrysler do it in 1 spot where a rock hit, but I bought it used, noted it immediately, and it was from a coastal region.
Go over to Miata.net, they are finding rust all over their shinny new RF's and MX5's hidden under the seat pans. I had to replace my side mirror last month because my wife hit a mail box. When I took it off the entire inside housing was rusted out. I have replaced mirrors on 10 years old Nissans without any rust on them. Go to the dealer with a flashlight and you will find rust on the seat hardware and seat pans. How is Mazda's steel of less quality than the big 3 Japanese makes?
Yup - spots of corrosion on the floor plates of my back seat (where they fold) and on the bottom bar of my passenger seat...very concerned.
That was my post...
Illinois weather. It looked bad in some spots. Metal bracket in the middle of car where it is mounted to under-body, rear sway links - threaded part, some nuts, even galvanized ones looked very rusty. Large rust spots on lower control arm.
Hard to imagine this will look good in 5+ years.
Thanks everyone. I see you're all in snow states too.
Anyone out there actually gotten salt spray on your car more than a few times and did it rust anywhere?
Weird.
My hood is absolutely riddled with rock chips, definitely no rust.
Out here they use magnesium chloride.
Where I live, they use beet juice.